Knowledge Organiser: year 4 - Sound Careers connected to sound:the human body:

audiologist,
doctor, nurse, sound
massageengineer
therapist, personal
trainer, theatre technician

Lesson Sequence
1. Identify how sound is
made
called sound waves. If an object is making a sound,
2. Explore how vibrations
from sounds travel through
a medium to the ear
3. Explore sound
insulation
4. Explore volume
5. Explore pitch
How sounds are made and travel
When objects vibrate, a sound is made. The
vibration makes the air around the object vibrate
and the air vibrations enter your ear. These are
a part of it is vibrating, even if you cannot see the
vibrations. Sound waves travel through a medium
(such as air, water, glass, stone, and brick).
How do we hear?
The sound waves travel to the ear and make the
eardrums vibrate. Messages are sent to the
brain which recognises the vibrations as sounds.
Pitch
The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. A
squeak of mouse has a high pitch A roar of a lion
has a low pitch.
A high pitch sound is made because it has a
high frequency. The sound source vibrates
many times a second.
Volume
The volume of a sound is how loud or quiet it is.
Quieter sounds have a smaller amplitude and
less energy (smaller vibrations) and louder
sounds have a bigger amplitude and more
energy. The closer we are to a sound source
the louder it will be. A train arriving at a station
sounds loud. The further away from a sound the
fainter it will be. A train in the distance sounds
quieter.

6. Explore sounds

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 Knowledge Organiser: Year 4 - Sound Careersand
Before connected
After Testto the human body:
doctor, nurse, massage therapist, personal
trainer, theatre technician

Sound can travel through…

The origin of the sound is before after
before after called the…
How does sound travel? Before After
noise
In a curvy line the air
source
In a straight line water
vibration
As a series of vibrations
frequency the floor
By making a noise
The pitch of a sound before after all of the
describes… above
The volume of sound is before after
measured in… how fast or slow a sound is
decibels A pupil blows through two different
how loud or quiet a sound is length straws. Which statement is true
centimetres Before After
how low or high a sound is
kilograms
before after The shorter straw will
miles make a higher-
When a sound hits the ear...
pitched sound.
Sounds gets louder… (tick 2) before after The shorter straw will
nothing vibrates make a louder sound.
as we move further away from
the source The longer straw will
the eardrums vibrate
as we move closer to the source make a higher-
pitched sound.
the less energy there is when the whole ear vibrates
creating the sound The longer straw will
make a louder sound.
the more energy there is when
the brain vibrates
creating the sound

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Unit Rocket Words: Year 4 - Sound Careers connected to the human body:
doctor, nurse, massage therapist, personal
trainer, theatre technician

Rocket Words
Vibration Particles moving very quickly

Medium A substance such as air, water or a solid

Source The start of something

Energy The power to make something work, move or grow

Materials Anything used in making something or building

Reflect Bounce back from a surface

Volume How loud or quiet a sound is

Decibels The unit to measure loudness

Pitch How high or low a sound is

Instruments Objects used to play music

Particles Tiny pieces that make up something larger

Sound source The object that started the sound

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